Search for dissertations about: "Renaissance"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 68 swedish dissertations containing the word Renaissance.

  2. 21. A Matter of Amusement : The Material Culture of Philipp Hainhofer’s Games in Early Modern Princely Collections

    Author : Greger Sundin; Johan Eriksson; Johan Cederlund; Lars Ljungström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philipp Hainhofer; Augsburg; Kunstkammer; art cabinet; material culture studies; late Renaissance games; early modern games; boardgames; card games; Ulrich Baumgartner; Gustavus Adolfus art cabinet; Pomeranian art cabinet; games casket; Duke August II of Brunswick-Lüneburg; Gustavus Selenus; Konstvetenskap; History of Art;

    Abstract : Games were important to the Augsburg art agent Philipp Hainhofer (1578-1647), and this ludic category was included in most of his art cabinets, procured over period of thirty years during the first half of the seventeenth century. It offered amusement (Kurzweil) as part of an overall ambition for the cabinets to be of service and use (“nutzen vnd dienst”). READ MORE

  4. 22. Transforming and Strengthening the Links Between Industrial Design, Engineering Design and Production

    Author : Axel Nordin; Innovation; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; mechanical engineering design; industrial design; customization; optimization; Morphological repertoire; constraint handling; production; genetic algorithm; voronoi diagram; Renaissance 2.0;

    Abstract : The current form-giving activity in industrial design is characterized by explorations that depend on the individual capability to mentally manipulate a solution space from which to select and express the intended result. Designers often rely on artistic experimentation, aesthetic inspiration, or product specifications. READ MORE

  5. 23. The Syntax of Past Participles. A Generative Study of Nonfinite Constructions in Ancient and Modern Italian

    Author : Verner Egerland; Italienska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Absolute Constructions; Word order and Participial Agreement in Italian; Scandinavian; and Romance; Affectedness Constraint; Medieval and Renaissance Italian; Spec head agreement and Case Theory; Antisymmetry; Past Participles; Null Objects; Italian language and literature; Italienska språk och litteratur ;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is double. First, it will be shown that a number of problems of the syntax of ancient, literary Italian lend themselves readily to an analysis in terms of the Theory of Principles and Parameters. READ MORE

  6. 24. Gilbertus Universalis: Glossa ordinaria in Lamentationes Ieremie prophete. Prothemata et Liber I. : A Critical Edition with an Introduction and a Translation

    Author : Alexander Andrée; Gunilla Iversen; Rainer Berndt; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Gilbert the Universal; Glossa ordinaria; Biblical exegesis; Old Testament; Lamentations; Cicero; rhetoric; loci rhetorici; the school of Laon; the Renaissance of the twelfth century; Paschasius Radbertus; editorial technique; Latin language; Latin;

    Abstract : The Glossa ordinaria on the Bible stands as one of the prime achievements of the period in western intellectual history known as the Renaissance of the twelfth century. In spite of the great number of still extant manuscripts very little is known about the circumstances around its composition. READ MORE

  7. 25. The Early Latin Poetry of Sylvester Johannis Phrygius : Edited, with Introduction, Translation and Commentary

    Author : Peter Sjökvist; Hans Helander; Minna Skafte-Jensen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Latin language; Sylvester Johannis Phrygius; John III of Sweden; Duke John of Sweden; Charles IX of Sweden; Neo-Latin; allegory; baroque style; consolatory literature; Counter-Reformation; eclogue; emblems; funeral literature; mannerism; occasional poetry; Vergil; Latin; Latin; Latin;

    Abstract : This thesis contains three major portions of the early Latin poetry of the theologian Sylvester Johannis Phrygius (1572–1628), one of the most pro-lific and important Swedish poets at the turn of the 17th century.The verses exhibit marked influence from the Protestant Universities of Northern Germany at which Phrygius had studied. READ MORE